Document Category: Environmental Review

August 9, 2013 – Scoping dates have been set for the Millennium Bulk Terminals proposal in Longview, WA. The public scoping period will run for 95 days, beginning on 8/16/13 and closing on 11/18/13. Comments may be submitted beginning 8/16/13 at http://www.millenniumbulkeiswa.gov/.
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In a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lummi Nation Chairman Tim Ballew says the tribe “has unconditional and unequivocal opposition” to the Gateway Pacific Terminal coal export pier that SSA Marine hopes to build at Cherry Point.
The letter is the 5,000-member tribe’s formal effort to exercise its treaty right power to block developments that pose a... Read More

Lummi Nation Natural Resources Director Merle Jefferson says the tribe is ready to send an official letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announcing its opposition to the Gateway Pacific Terminal project at Cherry Point – a move that could stop the federal permit process for the coal terminal dead in its tracks.
The Army Corps has the authority to grant some key permits... Read More

SEATTLE – An environmental review of proposed bulk cargo and railroad spur projects at Cherry Point in Whatcom County will closely study their direct effects at the site and evaluate a broad range of indirect and cumulative impacts likely to occur within and beyond Washington.
Whatcom County, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers... Read More

July 30, 2013 – Lummi Nation has submitted a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stating their “unconditional and unequivocal opposition to the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal and the inter-related Custer Spur Rail Expansion project at Cherry Point.”
The letter is available in its entirety below.
Download: Lummi letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (PDF,... Read More

GPT and County Council Elections
From Whatcom Watch Online
by Terry Wechsler
Terry Wechsler is a co-founder of Protect Whatcom and retired public interest attorney
Social media and local blogs buzzed in the end of May with the news that MSNBC aired a discussion of the significance of the Whatcom County Council race given their role in determining whether the Gateway Pacific Terminal... Read More

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